1SNMPGET(1)                         Net-SNMP                         SNMPGET(1)
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NAME

6       snmpget - communicates with a network entity using SNMP GET requests
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SYNOPSIS

9       snmpget [COMMON OPTIONS] [-Cf] OID [OID]...
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DESCRIPTION

12       snmpget  is an SNMP application that uses the SNMP GET request to query
13       for information on a network entity.  One or  more  object  identifiers
14       (OIDs)  may  be  given as arguments on the command line.  Each variable
15       name is given in the format specified in variables(5).
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19       snmpget -c public zeus system.sysDescr.0
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21       will retrieve the variable system.sysDescr.0:
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23       system.sysDescr.0 = "SunOS zeus.net.cmu.edu 4.1.3_U1 1 sun4m"
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25       If the network entity has an error processing the  request  packet,  an
26       error  packet  will be returned and a message will be shown, helping to
27       pinpoint in what way the request was malformed.  If  there  were  other
28       variables  in  the  request, the request will be resent without the bad
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OPTIONS

32       -Cf     If -Cf is not specified, some applications (snmpdelta, snmpget,
33               snmpgetnext  and snmpstatus) will try to fix errors returned by
34               the agent that you were talking to and resend the request.  The
35               only  time this is really useful is if you specified a OID that
36               didn't exist in your request  and  you're  using  SNMPv1  which
37               requires "all or nothing" kinds of requests. Here is an example
38               (note that system.sysUpTime is an incomplete OID  as  it  needs
39               the .0 index appended to it):
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41       snmpget -v1 -Cf -c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0
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43       Error in packet
44       Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
45       This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime
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47       snmpget -v1 -c public localhost system.sysUpTime system.sysContact.0
48       Error in packet
49       Reason: (noSuchName) There is no such variable name in this MIB.
50       This name doesn't exist: system.sysUpTime
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52       system.sysContact.0 = STRING: root@localhost
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54               With  the -Cf specified the application will not try to fix the
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57       In addition to this option, snmpget takes the common options  described
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SEE ALSO

61       snmpcmd(1), variables(5).
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654th Berkeley Distribution         08 Feb 2002                       SNMPGET(1)
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